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Re: Erasing everything outside a boundary

Please pardon my ignorance, I'm attempting to overcome it. I think Stephen and I are looking for the same thing.

I am very much in need of the "extreme trim command which enables you to trim everything either inside a boundary line." I don't know of this command.

The best that I can do is laboriously apply the xclip command for blocks & xrefs, then trim (standard version) for everything that crosses the boundary, and then erase everything else. [Working strictly 2D in this discussion] I tried this in both 2008 and 2004 using an existing drawing. I didn't understand the erase-all...f suggestion. If I use the erase command, the selected objects are completely removed; "erase" does not give the option for a boundary to slice though objects.

Originally Posted by Stephen.Walz

I know that AutoCAD has the extreme trim command which enables you to trim everything either inside or outside a boundary line.

Has anyone put together a routine that will delete everything either inside or outside a specified boundary line?

Re: Erasing everything outside a boundary

azarko,
Can you please have a quick look t this and see where the error is ?
I used your routine and tried to have it allow the user to draw the boundary and then erase it, though somethings not right.